Parts of Australia have received rain, but nobody is claiming these have been "drought breaking". 80% of New South Wales is still in the midst of a crippling drought, and as summer comes on, it's likely to get worse.

It's interesting to note that Nalliah, who was sued for vilifying Muslims, and has been known to claim that the Koran is the work of the devil (or words to that effect), sounds an awful lot like Muslim cleric Mohammed Omran :

This year Sheik Omran preached the drought, climate change and pollution were due to Australians' lack of faith in Allah.

"The fear of Allah is not there. So we have now a polluted earth, a polluted water, a wasteland," he told a meeting.